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If there's one great truth about Hillsbrad, it's that this region is destined to live under the shadow of war. Even something as innocuous as a cartload of stone is a target.

Normally the loss of building materials is no great setback, but the most recent shipment from the Azurelode mine contained a crate of rare crystals I was eager to study. Forsaken raiders intercepted the cart and drove it northeast to a tower they're attempting to rebuild. It's imperative that we retrieve those crystals, <class>!

Thank the Light! From the tone of the foreman's letter, it sounded as if that box of crystals contained the only known samples from the mine. If we had lost them, <name>, we may never have seen another like them.